Christian Writing Contest 2010

Short Story Payment Form

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:47:46 +0000

Now that you have submitted your entry form, you need to proceed to payment. If you are mailing the payment, see below. Electronic payment is preferred but not required. A Paypal account is not required to send your payment electronically as Paypal can process your credit card.

All entries (US and international) that do not desire an anthology may choose the ‘no anthology’ option. Shipping domestically is $3, to Canada is $4, and all other countries is USPS flat rate $10.95.

Be sure to select the right payment option! If you’re getting the anthology, remember to choose the option that includes shipping!

Or, print off an entry form and mail it and your payment to:

ACM
PO Box 436
Holmen, WI 54636

You do not need to send your story in the mail because you submitted it using the form that brought you here. However, if you are mailing your entry fee you are strongly urged to send an email to Anthony Horvath at director@athanatosministries.org letting us know so we can watch for it.

Short Story Submission Form 2010

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:47:22 +0000

Submit Entry

Your mailing address is required so we can mail you your anthology.
Your Name(required)
Street(required)
City, State, Zip(required)
Email(valid email required)
Phone Number
Entry Class
High School
College + (19 and up)
Poetry
Receiving the Anthology?
Yes No
Interested in Apologetics Academy Course?
Yes No
English as Second Language?
Yes No
How did you hear of us?
I hereby give ACM the right to distribute my story to judges for consideration and if I am a winner I give my consent to ACM to publish the story, in full, in an anthology of winning entries. I also give ACM the right to distribute that anthology at its own discretion. I understand that whether I am a winning applicant or not, I will receive a copy of the anthology unless I choose not to. I assert that the submitted story is completely original work and does not infringe on the rights of any other entity.
I also agree to receive emails from contest administrators regarding my entry and to have my email included in the mailing list, which I understand I may opt out of after I receive the first message.
Word Count(required)
Stories: 1,500 words min to 7,500 words max.
Poems: 2,500 words max
Upload(required)
Max Size 500 kb. Documents should have one of these file extensions: .txt, .zip, .doc, .rtf, .xls, .odt, docx
(Long Entries May Take a Moment to Submit)
After you hit submit you will automatically be forwarded to a page for making your payment. If you do not complete that step, your entry will not be considered.
Admin Only: Paid, Not Paid

cforms contact form by delicious:days

Re-Upload or Re-Submit

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:41:22 +0000

Please only use this form if you’ve been directed to. If you use this form to submit your entry to avoid paying the entry fee you may be banned from the contest.

cforms contact form by delicious:days

2009 Winner JD Greening Offered Publishing Contract

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:49:37 +0000

Athanatos Christian Ministry’s Christian Writing Contest’s 2009 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Award Winner for Third Place, JD Greening, will be publishing a collection of his short stories through ACM’s publishing group. The book, currently untitled, is on track for release in the spring of 2010.

ACM Executive Director Anthony Horvath says, “JD’s story, Convocation, was one that many of last year’s judges really enjoyed reading. It had an interesting premise that sparked conversation among us and from my perspective, that’s exactly what a good short story ought to do.”

The collection of short stories will include the 2009 winning story. The other stories are varied in their subject matter. Anchoring the collection is a short story about a pastor being chased around by a beluga whale.

Horvath concludes, “If you can’t imagine that kind of scenario, you’ll be glad that there are people like JD who can!”

Check out the 2010 writing contest.

Access to online conference

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:58 +0000

A new award is being added to the writing contest this year.

First of all, the winner of the 19 and up category will be invited to present at Athanatos Christian Ministry’s online apologetics conference on evangelizing through literature and the arts! What a great opportunity for exposure!

Additionally, every winner of the contest as well as all those receiving honorable mentions will receive complimentary access to the conference.

This represents a $35 value and offers contest participants an additional chance to win awards because the conference will allow people to submit stories for consideration for the cash prize and inclusion in a monthly ezine that will be generated from the conference.

Some restrictions apply: if you want to submit a story, you will have to pay a small payment ($10) and you do not receive the complimentary book sent out to those who attend the conference. There is no requirement to submit your story, however, and consequently you can attend the conference for free if you like.

If you do not win in the writing contest and wish that you would have been able to take advantage of the conference’s early bird special, it is suggested that you sign up and pay for the conference now. Then, if you win in the contest your conference registration fee will simply be refunded. And if you don’t win, you will have received the early bird discount.

Pre-pay writing contest for later submission

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:22:21 +0000

Please complete the following short form to ensure that we are able to match up your pre-payment with your eventual entry.

It is very important that you make sure that this information matches as CLOSE AS POSSIBLE the information on your eventual entry submission, so you might want to save your information.

There are no refunds on pre-payments! Nor will there be notices to remind you to claim your pre-paid for entry. It is your responsibility to follow through on this offer.

After you submit this form you will automatically be forwarded to paypal where you can pay by credit card, with or without a paypal account.

In the form you are asked to specify how many entries you are pre-paying. Note, after you are forwarded to paypal, you have to ‘update the cart’ to reflect the number you are pre-paying. This information is not carried forward.

Please note, even if you do not wish to have an anthology mailed to you you need to choose a postage option. US shipping is $3, Canadian is $4, and all else is USPS flat rate international $10.95.

cforms contact form by delicious:days

Payment for Writing Workshop 2009-2010

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:11:40 +0000

Pay electronically using paypal as the processor. You do NOT have to have a paypal account to pay electronically. To pay by check, scroll down for the address. If you are paying at the event itself, you can just browse away from this page.

Make checks payable to ACM

send to:

ACM
PO Box 436
Holmen, WI 54636

Writing Workshops 2009-2010

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:03:55 +0000

To further ACM’s mission to encourage and support Christian authors in their quest to promote Christianity through the written word, contest judge Debbie Thompson will be holding writing workshops.

Cost: $33 includes contest fee, one free apologetic’s course at Athanatos Online Academy and a copy of the anthology of 2010 winners and 12 hours of instruction and practice. ($30 if declining the anthology). Participant may pay online (preferred) or by check/cash at the event. Pre-registration is required!

Dates and Areas:

Sept 26/28 Sparta, WI
Oct. 23-24, Eau Claire
Nov 6-7, Rochester, MN
Dec 11-12, Green Bay, WI
Dec 18-19, Madison, WI
Jan 8-9, Milwaukee, WI
Jan 15-16, Chicago, IL
Jan 23-24, Twin Cities, MN
Feb 5-6 Rockford, IL

Debbie Thompson is a book reviewer for Northwestern Publishing House and Christian Book Club leader. A graduate with a BA from Concordia College, Ann Arbor she is the mother of two homeschool graduates. She is a judge for ACM’s writing contest and a volunteer staffer and a Writing and Homeschool Coach. Email her: debbie@athanatosministries.org

Other workshops Debbie has led in the past: Writing/Logic connection, The Reader’s Journal Approach to Writing and Thinking, Writing with Young Children

Topics to be covered in this workshop:

Implicit and Explicit Christian themes
Characteristics of the Short Story
Good Beginnings
Good Endings
The plot
Editing and review
Discussion of this year’s winners
Building your ability to write

Workshop will begin on a Friday evening (5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and concludes Saturday (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

ACM reserves the right to cancel an event if it deems necessary (ie, a minimum participation threshold is not reached) and will refund the workshop fee if this happens.

To register for a workshop, please use the form below. You will be forwarded to a payment page after completion.

cforms contact form by delicious:days

Thank you for your payment and entry

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:55:13 +0000

Thanks so much for your payment and/or entry! Good luck in the contest!

Note about increased submission fee

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:01:08 +0000

You may have noticed that the fee for 2010 is $15 but for 2009 it was only $10.

Well, 2009 was our first contest, so it was in part a learning experience. One of the things we learned was that shipping more than 100 books, many of them internationally, is quite costly! We also failed to take into account advertising expenses, printing expenses, and other unanticipated expenses. These are the sort of mistakes you can afford to make once, but not twice.

The good news is that we think we’ve got it covered now and do not anticipate having to increase the submission fee in the future.

If you’re reading this before Sept. 15th, 2009, notice that we have an ‘early bird’ special to slightly ease the pain of the increase.